The Big Hop

So! The Big Blue Wet Thing. This is mostly what we saw. Sometimes it was dark. Sometimes it was more windy. Sometimes there was a nauseating current. But above all, it was life- changing. We both learned what we are made of, and that we both feel strong and brave. We took eight days to get to Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas. We stood watches, lengthening and shorting as the need for the other to sleep became evident.
I have Jim's permission to tell you all that I was not the sea-sick one! As we were exiting the channel from Beaufort, Jim raised the sails. Just as I was noticing a pod of dolphins diving under our ship's sides, sending us off, Jim actually barfed right on them. A Hahahahah! (Yes, we can laugh about it now!)
His acute, and my not-so-dramatic seasickness lasted for about three days, then we got better. driving was good for relieving the bouncy-ness.
Then we were here!
We pulled in to a marina for the first time, just to get a rest and not have to concentrate on anchoring and all that jazz. It was 9am, so we fuelled and watered the boat, then organized some laundry, try to call home, but got all screwed up (due to sleep deprivation) and gave up when the phone line suddenly went dead. We actually arrived three days ago.
Then we went for our first walk in eight days, saw the beautiful palm trees, bougainvaillia, mangroves and different birdies. Marsh Harbour is not exactly a tourist-town, so the town is not "beautiful", although it is a great place to end an ocean passage. Re-provisioning and repairs are easy, and there are lots of other sailors to glean information from on cruising the Abacos.
The Goombay music is lively, rum is cheap and there are pretty girls everywhere. But being shy of all these things, we haven't found out for ourselves yet, just hear the racket across the marina. Thank god we got off that dock, although it was nice having the facilities, and went to anchor in the harbour basin.
Next post, hopefully I'll have some shots of the beautiful beaches and such.
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The Bahama Mama, signing out.